Thank you all for sticking with me through this. It took much longer than I anticipated. It is officially completed. The following is taken from the front materials for the Sonata. Please stay tuned for announcements regarding the world premiere!
Read MoreI have finally completed a first draft of the fourth and final movement of my Sonata for Clarinet!
Read MoreThe Scherzo of the Wery Clarinet Sonata presents a fanciful but typically romantic variant on the classical minuet and trio. It abandons the discrete, rounded binary forms of the traditional minuet and trio and creates a strong tempo relationship between the second theme of the minuet and the trio proper.
Read MoreDouble tonguing is a technique used by many wind instruments to achieve rapid re-articulation—fast tongued notes.
Read MoreIt takes a lot of time and coffee to be this nerdy.
Read MoreAn update on the clarinet sonata and an explanation of the energy calculator.
Read MoreIThe next step was clear. Chart the energy flow in relationship to the phi points. In other words, plan the rising and falling energy and how it delineates the form.
Read MoreI needed a calculator that put all the structures in one place. It wasn’t in the app store. Yes, I checked! It’s just math. I could create a calculator in Microsoft Excel. Three weeks later I had it completed. Did I mention—I’m not good at math.
Read MoreI spent decades as a college music theory teacher. In an attempt to get students to understand the importance of form to Classical and Romantic composers and, more importantly, to their audiences, I would often remind them that form is the first act of composition. At least it should be.
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